1Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
1Ephraimte zu khamhatte kisaktheihna lallukhu tung leh, a kilawmna uh thupi pak tul laitak, uain thazoha omte guam hausa tak lutang tunga om a tung a gik hi!
2Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.
2Ngaiin, TOUPAN mi hat thilhihthei tak a neia: aman, gial thupi tak ke phuakphuak, huihpi thil hihse lemlum bang leh, tuilian thupi let juajua bang maiin, leiah a pai ek ding.
3The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
3Ephraimte zu khamhatte kisaktheihna lallukhu lah sik denin a om dinga:
4And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
4A kilawmna uh thupi paktul laitak, guam hausa tak lutang tunga om, nipi maa theipi min masapen, a enmiin a muha, a khuta a om taka a nek khit mai sek bang ahi ding hi.
5In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
5Huai ni chiangin sepaihte TOUPA tuh, thupina lallukhu leh, kilawmna lukhu te, a mi om sunte adingin ahi ding:
6And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
6Vaihawm dinga tu adingin vaihawmna kha te, kulh kongkhak bula hon sualte nangkikmite adingin hatna ahi ding.
7But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
7Himahleh huaite leng uain jiakin a kipek a kipek ua, ju jiakin a hoihoi ua: siampute leh jawlneite lah ju jiakin a kipek pek ua, uain valh khitin a om ua, ju jiakin a hoihoi ua: kilakna thu-ah a kipekpek ua, vaihawmna thu-ah a hoihoi uh.
8For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean.
8Mun siang mahmah om lou khopin dohkan tengteng lah luak leh thil ninin a dim hi.
9Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
9Theihna lam aman kua ahia a sinsak sin laitei? thukhah leng aman kua ahia a theihsak sin laitei? nawinek tawp tungte leh nawi neksak nawnlouhte ahi ding uam?
10For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
10Thuzohna thu tunga thuzohna thu chian touh, thuzohna thu tunga thuzohna thu chian touh: dan tunga dan chiantouh, dan tunga dan chiantouh: hiaiah tawmchik, huaiah tawmchik chih ngenta a hih jiakin.
11For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
11A hi, muk lamdang pumi zangin, pau tuamin hiai mite kiangah thu a gen zota ding:
12To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
12Hiai lah khawlna ahi hi, tawlte khawlsak un: hiai lah kihihhalhna ahi hi, a chihte: himahleh amau lah a ngaikhe nuam ngal kei ua.
13But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
13Huaijiakin, a pai ua, a thala a puk ua, a kitap gawp ua, thanga a awk ua, mata a om theihna ding un, TOUPA thu lah amaute adingin, thuzohna thu tunga thuzohna thu chian touh, thuzohna thu tunga thuzohna thu chian touh, dan tunga dan chian touh: hiaiah tawm chik buaah tawm chik chih ngetna ahi mai ding.
14Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
14Huaijiakin, mi muhsithatte aw, hiai mite, Jerusalem khuaa omte, vaihawmsakte aw, TOUPA thu ja un:
15Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
15Sihna toh thu i khungte Sheol ah thu i kichiamta; vuakna tuilian a luan suak hun chiangin lei phain jaw a luang kei ding; juauthute i kihumbitna dingin i zang ua, huau nuaiah lah i buta ngal ua, na chih jiakun.
16Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
16Huaijiakin TOUPA Pathianin hichiin a chi ding; Ngaiin, suang, suang ettelsa, a kila suang manphatak phum kip mahmah, Zionah suangphum dingin ka lem hi; a gingtami jaw a kin kei ding.
17Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
17Vaihawmna diktat a tansakna khau dingin ka zang dinga, diktatna lah a ulumkhai dingin ka zang dinga, gialin kihumbitna juau thute lah a phiat mang vek dinga, tuiten lah bukna a tum ding.
18And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
18Huan, sihna toh na thu khun uh a kiphel dinga, Sheol toh na chiam u leng a piching kei ding, vuakna tuilian a luan suak hun chiangin. Huai hun chiangin a sik denin na om ding uh.
19From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
19A luan suak peuhmah chiangin nou a honla jel ding; a jingsang a jingsangin, sun leh janin, a luang suak sin ngala; thukhah omdan theihsiam lah thil mulkimhuai ngen ahi ding. chiin.
20For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
20Lupna lah khekhuanna dingin a tom jojen ngala, puan thuah lah kilukhuhna dingin a neu lua hi.
21For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
21A nasep, a nasep lamdang a sep theihna ding leh, a thilhih a thilhih lamdang a zuih theihna dingin, TOUPA tuh Perazim tanga a thou bangin a thou sin ngala, Gibeon guama a heh bangin a heh sin hi.
22Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.
22Huchiin mi muhsit chingte hi nawn kei un, huchiloujaw na kolbutte uh muanhuaitakin a bawl kha ding uh; tawpna tawpna tung ngei dinga seh, lei pumpi tunga a tunsak ding. TOUPA, sepaihte TOUPA akipan inlah ka za ngala.
23Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
23Bil doh unla, ka aw ja un; ngaikhia unla, ka thugen ja un.
24Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
24Leiletmiin chi thehna dingin lei tatlaklouin a let ngei ahia? a lei khalte tatloklouin a khenkhamin a hihjan ngei ahia?
25When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
25A tung a toh tam khitin mohuri te a theh dalh ka hia? Zira te leng a theh ka hia? buhte a vualin, huitbuhte leng a mun sehsaah, vai buh te leng a nawljulah a tuh sek ka hia?
26For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
26A Pathianin lah amah diktakin a thuzohin a sinsak ngala.
27For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
27Mohuri lah buh chilna khawlin a chil ngei ngal kei ua, zira tungkah leng kangtalai khe a tuksak ngei kei uh; mohuri jaw chiangin a khen ua, zira bel khetbukin a khen zo sek uhi.
28Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.
28Tanghou bawlna buh lah gawijanin a om a, aman lah khantawnin a vo sin ngal keia, a kangtalai khe leh a sakolten dalhsak mah leh, a gawijan sak ngei kei hi.Huaite leng sepaihte TOUPA, lemtheihnaa mi lamdang mahmah leh pilnaa mi hoih mahmah akipana pawt ahi hi.
29This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
29Huaite leng sepaihte TOUPA, lemtheihnaa mi lamdang mahmah leh pilnaa mi hoih mahmah akipana pawt ahi hi.